In the first hand back after the break on the feature table, Sam Greenwood opened 
from under the gun, Manig Loeser three-bet to 260,000 a couple of seats over with 
, and Greenwood called.
The flop brought 
and Greenwood checked to Loeser, who bet 290,000 into the 600,000 pot. Greenwood called. The 
turn and 
river got checked around, giving Loeser the winner with top pair.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
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The 15 remaining players are on a 20-minute break.
Manig Loeser opened to 60,000 in middle position and Nicolas Chouity defended in the big blind. On the 
flop, Chouity got the rest of his short stack in and was quickly called by Loeser.
Nicolas Chouity: 
Manig Loeser: 
Neither the 
turn nor the 
river helped Chouity, who bowed out in 16th place for €36,620. This also ensures that a new EPT Main Event champion will be crowned here in Monte-Carlo.
Wiktor Malinowski raised and was called by Nicola Grieco from one seat over. On a 
flop, Malinowski checked and called a bet of 75,000 by Grieco to see the turn. Both players checked and Malinowski bet the 
river for 175,000. Grieco snap-called and was shown the 
for trips jacks.
An excited Grieco slapped 
on the table with the words "you lose, I am no Pinocchio."
Grieco scooped the next hand preflop and then raised to 90,000, which Timothy Adams and Aladin Reskallah in the small blind. The 
flop was checked and Reskallah bet the 
turn for 130,000, only Grieco called. The 
river was checked and Reskallah turned over , Grieco had once again the winner in .
Rustam Hajiyev opened 
in early position and Ryan Riess defended 
on his big blind.
The flop was the 
, which gave Riess a flush draw and he check-called a 40,000 continuation bet. The gave Hajiyev top pair and he barreled for 90,000. Riess used a time bank card before letting it go.
Conor Beresford raised to 65,000 from the hijack and Nicola Grieco called on the button. The flop was 
and Beresford checked. Grieco bet 75,000 and Beresford called.
The turn brought the 
and Beresford checked again. With a quick flick of his wrist, Grieco splashed 225,000 into the pot and Beresford called a second time.
On the 
river, Beresford checked a third time. Grieco picked up what appeared to be a random amount of T-25,000 chips, totaling 400,000, and quickly put them in the middle. Beresford folded after some thought.
Grieco stood up and slammed 
open on the felt. He then gave a proud, minute-long speech in Italian, mostly directed at Beresford personally, and the table roared in laughter at the sudden outburst.
Once the verbal barrage had stopped, Beresford told Grieco "You told a good story, I really believed you" in regards to his hand.
Rustam Hajiyev woke up with pocket on the cutoff and opened 65,000, with Manig Loeser calling in the big blind with .
On the board, Loeser made a pair but was still a long way behind Hajiyev's rockets. The flop went check-check and the came on the turn. Loeser checked, Hajiyev bet 40,000 and Loeser raised check-raised to 170,000, which Hajiyev called.
The last card out was the 
, which paired the bottom card and Loeser slowed down by checking and Hajiyev did the same, with his pair of aces still good to win the pot.
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